BATON ROUGE - Redshirt freshman quarterback Jarrett Lee, who is battling for the starting job, is out indefinitely with a leg injury, LSU Coach Les Miles confirmed Monday.

Miles said Lee, who is competing for the job with sophomore Andrew Hatch, suffered a "soft tissue" injury to one of his legs during Saturday's afternoon practice. "It's not serious and it's not surgical," Miles said at a post practice media briefing Monday. "He should be back in short order. He was having a great day in practice Saturday."

Miles said another player fell into Lee during practice. "It was unusual at best," he said of the injury.

With Lee out, freshman Jordan Jefferson will likely get more snaps. Miles said Jefferson scrambled 30 yards for a touchdown during a one segment of practice.

Miles also said redshirt freshman safety Stephoin Francois, who prepped at East St. John, was facing "some discipline problems with the team" and has not practiced since Friday. When asked if Francois has been suspended, Miles replied "I'm not ready to say that yet."